Owen

I have no idea where to get them cheap, but there is a mod that a lot of people are making that seems to make them very nice indeed. I have not done it and this is not a personal rec, but it looks cheap and easy. [url="http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-audio/17017-shure-sm57-modification-experiment-described.html"]http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/general-...-described.html[/url] [quote name='Finbar' post='685857' date='Dec 15 2009, 10:51 PM']My band is doing demos for the album we're recording next year at the moment, and we're doing it on the cheap to keep costs down, and hopefully get it done quickly. So the drums have been recorded already with a friend of ours, and the guitar is being recorded at the guitarist's house through his Line 6 Guitarport (which sounds pretty lol for the distortion, but it does the job for a demo quite happily). I'm supposed to be doing the bass at my house too. But I'm not really set up for it. I have an external soundcard with two inputs (Tascam US-122), but that's about it. I have some monitors on order though. Can't do anything until they get here. Originally I was just going to go direct into the interface and then use Guitar Rig for an amp simulator and just put up with the okay sound I'd get, but now I'm planning to utilise both channels of my recording interface by sending a DI signal from my EBS Microbass II to one channel for fundamental bassy tones and cleans (gives me a little preamp control, as well as speaker simulation), and then mic my amp and send that overdriven sound to the second channel simultaneously. All being well, that should sound awesome! Especially as my new Matamp head is just about finished and ready to pickup However, I'm pretty noobish at this, so I could end up managing to cock such a simple plan up I'll need to do it in the daytime when there's nobody to disturb in the house or next door, so I can crank the Matamp to something usable. But I'll also need a microphone for the plan to work :/ I have a Sennheiser e835 that I bought for my vocals in the band which I can use, but I don't imagine that will sound ideal. When did microphones get so expensive? I want an SM57, but they're about £100. I'm sure the 58 and 57 could be picked up for about £70 last time I checked a couple of years ago? I've had a lot of people telling me to use a kick drum mic, but I reckon a 57 would be a better investment as an "it will do anything pretty well" mic for home recording, and I only really need the mic for the mids and treble. I'll be using the DI for the lows. It'll also be the mic I plan to take round for shows as well - I'm aiming to do the same thing live as I do recorded, with blending the DI with the aggressive mic'd sound. I don't mind buying something like this as an investment - but I'll need the mic, a bass drum mic stand and a couple of mic leads, which is all adding up to about £150 I reckon. Cheaper way of doing this, anyone? I'm wary of eBay bargains from hearing so many stories of counterfeit Shure mics [/quote]

I sold Jack a Demeter. He then let me buy it back. What a gent!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='460408' date='Apr 12 2009, 09:33 AM']Good guy to deal with - very fair & sensible. Also dangerously good at coming up with innovative swop deals! That Demeter is now the heart of my rig, Owen. Cheers. Jack[/quote] Jack then sold it back to me! Super

It does it for me.

[quote name='Duarte' post='680005' date='Dec 10 2009, 10:43 AM']If you like the Stingray 5, consider a Bongo! Seriously, seriously consider one.[/quote] Mmmmmmm... Bongo goodness. Not just 3 but 4 band EQ. Alternatively why not a Status Streamline for something completely different.

I have an incoming Bongo. But then I noticed that there are some limited edition Bongos with all rosewood necks. Lush.

And a go faster stripe all the way around it. Quality.

She is the bomb. That album is the bomb.

Does anyone have a clue why paypal would, on two different computers, log me into Paypal Netherlands? Thanks

Every time Pino is mentioned I feel the need to tell of the time he was playing on the Welsh language scene. He recorded quite a lot. I put up www.myspace/pinopalladino to showcase some of it. I am aware that I am something of a cracked record about this but there are very few genuine solos from him out there.

Stellar.

I guess that the good bit for overdrive would be that the EQ is programmable and has moveable EQ points. I really cannot remember much more about the unit as far as overdrive goes. It has 1 if not 2 programmable FX loops but they were pretty noisy on mine. Not much info, but as much as I can usefully give. I can only imagine that they would be dirt cheao by now.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='663024' date='Nov 23 2009, 06:46 PM']the absolute cream on the cats whiskers...if you can hack low but effective tension these are the most all round..pun not intended..string on the market... newtone platinum are similar[/quote] Tell me more about the platinums. The website say they are available with round core. I am tempted.